Sierra Leone’s next acapella talent
21 March 2021 |
4:16 pm
27-year-old Solomon Fatorma is an acapella master and music producer. He uses his mouth, reverberations and even gabbles from his toddler, to create sounds he incorporates into his music. And the artist has big dreams.
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